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Obviously need both but in solo q mechanics separate the elo's. I really wish I could see what plat players cs at 15 minute mark as opposed to bronze players. would be really interesting to see the difference.

Then again a good strategy and team comp can absolutely crush a disorganized and poorly put together team.

Well, strategy implies your team is participating in your line of thoughts. If your team listens to you, you have a good team, and it's no longer considered "Carrying" in my opinion.

So I feel the only answer for "carrying" is mechanics.

What if you have excellent mechanics but you always attack the wrong enemy champion in a teamfight? Or you wander around attacking creeps while your team is being attacked? Or you consistently underestimate/overestimte your opponents and make the wrong decisions? I feel like you wouldn't be able to carry very well at all. Even if you can get good cs and hit the right buttons and whatnot

If you win with strategy that means you coordinated with your team to take out the most important targets together. If you win with mechanics your champion is overpowered or snowballs extremely hard. You really need both but strategy is much more important because you are but one person in a team of 5. Or 4, if you're unlucky.

this, basically, assuming the team is willing to listen to the strategy person.

a team with superior strategy will always outposition and outthink the opponents who are mechanically superior.

now, individually mechanics are important assuming you are top, mid, or adc. as jungle or support mechanics mean virtually nothing. i still think the global macro game is a lot that players seem to misunderstand which is what tends to hold people back. i mean how many "win lane, lose game" people do you see because their tactics are dreadful? you rarely see a tactically strong player lose games (of course this assumes that the team follows the tactically strong player which doesn't always happen).

but if you follow the mechanically strong/tactically weak player late game you'll lose a lot of fights.